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James Hutton

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Noun1.James Hutton - Scottish geologist who described the processes that have shaped the surface of the earth (1726-1797)


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Corporal James Hutton, 23, of Dunfermline, said:"When we came here, that town was a relative Taliban stronghold and we basically cleared them out.
00 Paperback Special paper; 449 QE11 While Scottish geologist James Hutton, in 1795, derided those that would "judge of the great operations of the mineral kingdom, from having kindled a fire, and looked into the bottom of a little crucible," this volume makes the case for the importance of experimentation in the development of 19th century geology.
It was a remarkable achievement as James Hutton led them home, with Jack Curry and Josh Oliver making it a clean sweep of the individual awards.
 
 
 
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